{{short description|4th-century Christian priest, martyr, and saint}} {{Infobox saint |name=Absadah |image= |imagesize= |caption= |titles=Martyr |birth_date= {{circa}} 300 |birth_place= near Behnesa, Egypt |death_date= |death_place= Alexandria, Egypt |feast_day= 19 January |venerated_in= Catholic Church |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date= |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |major_shrine= |attributes= |patronage= |issues= |suppressed_date= }} '''Absadah''' was a priest and martyr of the early 4th century, who is venerated as a Saint in the Catholic church. He suffered martyrdom in the Diocletianic persecution.
==Life== Absadah was born near Behnesa, Egypt, {{circa}} 300. He was a priest to a small congregation in his village. Upon the start of the Diocletian Persecution, Absadah barricaded himself in his home, planning to hide from persecution. Later, he recounted a vision of Jesus Christ appearing before him. He voluntarily came before the court, and was sent to Alexandria.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=LP4UAAAAQAAJ&dq=Saint+Absadah&pg=PA7 Holweck, F. G., ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924]</ref>
Absadah was sentenced to be burnt alive; however, he was beheaded outside the walls of the city. He was buried at Cairo.
==Sainthood== The Catholic Church commemorates Absadah as a saint, with a feast day of January 19.
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==Sources== *[http://www.cathcom.net/saints/saint.php?saint_id=6074 Absadah] at Catholic Online
{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Absadah}} Category:Egyptian Christian clergy Category:4th-century Christian martyrs Category:300s births Category:4th-century Christian clergy Category:4th-century Romans Category:Christians martyred during the reign of Diocletian Category:People executed by decapitation